The health directorate of Oshana region warned in December that circumcision should not be confused or misunderstood as the cure for HIV/AIDS, but merely a deterent. The directorate is encouraging men to get circumcised because circumcision lowers the chance of getting the HIV virus. The Oshakati Intermediate Hospital has an ongoing circumcision campaign but the health director said the number of men who come forward is not overwhelming.
In 2002, the HIV prevalence rate in Oshana stood at 22 percent meaning that in a population of every 100 people, 22 people were infected.
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